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TIL South Park aired an episode titled “Band in China”… which resulted in them being banned in China.

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4XwNJ TIL that in 1920 a 4th century lead tablet was discovered in which Silvanus asked the god Nodens to curse the thief that stole his ring. The ring, interestingly, has been identified as one found 130km from the tablet 200 years prior.
86R4 TIL that in 1969 a writer committed suicide after failing to publish his novel. In 1981 said novel won a Pulitzer.
GWE7 TIL that in 1986, a woman who sought psychiatric help discovered memories of being in a satanic cult where she was forcibly raped, had to eat babies and as a consequence developed 120 different personalities to cope. The memories were later found to be false and the therapist was sued.
G6X4 TIL that more people were killed in the Battle of the Somme (141 days), than died in the American Civil War (4 years, 27 days)
0wJZA TIL that in May 1620, southern Germany experienced arctic temperatures and so 900 men and women were accused and executed for witchcraft as scapegoats for the change in temperatures.